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Akimoto Yasushi and 8 AKB48 members discuss ‘10 years later’ on live radio broadcast by simplymissj on November 24, 2012 at 5:20 am On November 23rd, AKB48 appeared on a special live broadcast program on the Mihama, Chiba bayfm station.

Series to center on ace pilot leading Zeon mobile suit unit in One Year War The January 2013 issue of Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday Super magazine announced on Saturday that manga artist Daichi Banjou will launch the Kidō Senshi Gundam: Kokui no Kary...

Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu sequel to 2011 TV anime to open next spring Japanese production company Kadokawa began streaming a 118-second teaser trailer for the Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu film on Saturday.

Busty 18-year-old Taiwanese idol Ili (or Zheng Jia Zhen), has enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to her hot breasts – which she dexterously kneads in a hit cookery video demonstrating the making of karaage fried chicken – and now even enjoys a f...

The Super Dimensional Fortress anime franchise has been featuring idol singers and featuring music as one of its key elements since the first series launched in October 1982. Meanwhile, its latest and maybe most popular fictional songstress, "Gala...

Movie distributor Movie Punch has just updated their Facebook page and confirmed that the much awaited Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie is rated PG with no cuts! Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering sa...

The production company Dresden Pictures acquired the British rights to produce a live-action film adaptation of Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel Grave of the Fireflies. Producers Liam Garvo and James Heath aim to begin shooting a film ...

2:00 PM on 11. 13. 2012 // Hiroko Yamamura The saccarine sweet sound of Amo and Ayamo are here to kick off this dreary Tuesday. Perhaps the sounds of LET'S GO OUT will pick up your mood? The new track is featured as the new theme for Gintama, ...

On November 22nd, former AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko held a recording for ‘Maeda Atsuko no HEART SONGS‘ at TOKYO FM in Kojimachi, Tokyo. During the recording, Maeda got to meet and interview her idol, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

In 1983 the Suntory beverage company launched a series of animated TV commercials to promote its new canned beer. The unique, memorable spots evoked melancholy, nostalgic sequences from the era of classic Hollywood, with humans replaced by squat, ...

The IDOLM@STER Anim@tion Master Namassuka Special 01 wins design award Columbia Music Entertainment announced on Thursday that The IDOLM@STER Anim@tion Master Namassuka Special 01 album has won a design award in the 54th Japan Record Awards.

PV preview to AKB48’s upcoming 29th single “Eien Pressure” revealed by Shiso on November 23, 2012 at 9:22 pm AKB48’s 29th single “Eien Pressure” is set for a release on December 5th. Shimazaki Haruka who won the group’s 3rd Janken tournament held...

Root Five will release their 4th single Next Generation/Boku Tokidoki , Yuusha on Dec. 5 Next Generation is used as the opening to Saint Seiya Omega Boku Tokidoki, Yuusha PV Animated Ver. Next Generation Full Audio source: V-I-D √5I L...

Hiroyuki Okiura and Production I. G's A Letter to Momo film won the Best Animated Feature category at the 6th Asian Pacific Screen Awards on Friday in Brisbane, Australia. Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise, App...

A DmC Devil May Cry player in Japan has recorded his run through one of the levels in the game’s demo, and shared it on YouTube for all to see. The video, which you can watch below, shows off some of the more advanced combos and techniques in the ...

Xseed released FuRyu-developed dungeon crawler, Unchained Blades, as a download title on the PSP earlier this year, but its Nintendo eShop release is still pending. Why the delay? When we asked Xseed’s Executive Vice President, Ken Berry, the sa...

Japan seems to have an idol for everything. Besides all the typical singing schoolgirl idols, there's a glasses idol, a retro gaming idol, and even an "ugly" idol. So you can bet there's also a military idol.

Oricon recently conducted a poll asking 500 women from their teens to their forties &ldquo;which female celebrity has the ideal face? &rdquo;First place for Oricon&rsquo;s &ldquo;6th ideal faces chosen by women ranking&rdquo; went to none other th...

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